“Making sweeping changes to Windows to combat piracy, aid
industry partners and help Microsoft move to a new way of doing
business could irritate anyone adopting the software.”
“Some believe the changes create so many obstacles that many
users will be driven to alternative operating systems, such as
Linux, that give them more freedom….”
“Disgruntled customers could turn to the Linux operating system
and use Win4Lin or Wine software to run their old Windows
applications on top of this rival software.”